Read the article and some other comments. Many people have clarified this:
"...And yes, I can count. Safari passed first, and Opera is second. Konqueror and iCab almost pass (and claim to pass), but they both fail to apply one of the styles required by the test, and as a result they display a scrollbar even though they shouldn't (the Acid 2 guide neglects to mention this style, but see the source code for the test itself)..."
Well, I wouldn't mask as IE, mask as mozilla (option 4) so that GMail definatley delivers compatible code (and not IE workarounds). I haven't used 8.51 in ages and I doubt it'll work with Gmail's IM features, but I've never tried. It's worth a shot.
It sounds like one of those things like Teflon where it sounds like a great idea at first, but in 5 or 10 years, they find out that it'll kill you if you're exposed to it for too long or something.
yeah, and there's a simple solution to that problem...
Just send a crapload of Sharper Image Ionic Breezes into the upper atmosphere and run them for a few days.
Opera has a javascript debugger, I believe, and richtext editing is coming in Opera 9. As for Opacity, I don't see why that wouldn't be coming along with the other CSS3 stuff that will be supported in Opera 9.
Are you blind? Opera 8.5 is for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. I'm running it right now on linux. Right at the special http://opera.com/ splash they have a little dropdown box to choose the version, and on the main site, if you go on the download page, just click the little Linux tab. It's also on the FTP server, and there are torrents as well.
Firefox has hardly anything. Its extensions have things, but firefox itself has nothing compared to Opera.
The only one of those things you listed that I don't think is possible in Opera is the highlighting. The search buttons are possible, check out http://nontroppo.org/wiki/Opera for some useful stuff.
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The scalp still comes off when you scroll in Opera, it's supposed to.
yeah, it does.
Read the article and some other comments. Many people have clarified this: "...And yes, I can count. Safari passed first, and Opera is second. Konqueror and iCab almost pass (and claim to pass), but they both fail to apply one of the styles required by the test, and as a result they display a scrollbar even though they shouldn't (the Acid 2 guide neglects to mention this style, but see the source code for the test itself)..."
Well, I wouldn't mask as IE, mask as mozilla (option 4) so that GMail definatley delivers compatible code (and not IE workarounds). I haven't used 8.51 in ages and I doubt it'll work with Gmail's IM features, but I've never tried. It's worth a shot.
GMail sniffs. When I set Opera 9 TP2 (on linux) to mask as mozilla on mail.google.com, the IM feature worked perfectly.
It sounds like one of those things like Teflon where it sounds like a great idea at first, but in 5 or 10 years, they find out that it'll kill you if you're exposed to it for too long or something.
yeah, and there's a simple solution to that problem... Just send a crapload of Sharper Image Ionic Breezes into the upper atmosphere and run them for a few days.
Opera has a javascript debugger, I believe, and richtext editing is coming in Opera 9. As for Opacity, I don't see why that wouldn't be coming along with the other CSS3 stuff that will be supported in Opera 9.
Well, he exists, he's just still rather young... That's also not his real name :-p
Just edit the search menu. There's an app called opsed that'll make it easier for you, but I just edit search.ini by hand.
Bugmenot can be added through a custom menu or button. The button is avalable here: http://nontroppo.org/wiki/CustomButtons and many others are as well. As for the rest, I don't know. You (and other FF users looking to switch) should check out http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2005/01/opera-and-f irefox-extensions and
http://virtuelvis.com/archives/2005/09/opera-and-f irefox-extensions-ii for some other alternatives, although I can't find anything for Hit-a-hint (whatever that is), Noscript, or Downthemall.
Are you blind? Opera 8.5 is for Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. I'm running it right now on linux. Right at the special http://opera.com/ splash they have a little dropdown box to choose the version, and on the main site, if you go on the download page, just click the little Linux tab. It's also on the FTP server, and there are torrents as well.
Firefox has hardly anything. Its extensions have things, but firefox itself has nothing compared to Opera. The only one of those things you listed that I don't think is possible in Opera is the highlighting. The search buttons are possible, check out http://nontroppo.org/wiki/Opera for some useful stuff.
8.1-8.4 never came out. The last version was 8.02, or 8.1 Tech Preview (with BT support)